Explicating Positionality: A Journey of Dialogical and Reflexive Storytelling

Autor: Celina Carter MN, Jennifer L. Lapum PhD, Lynn F. Lavallée PhD, Lori Schindel Martin PhD
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol 13 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1609-4069
16094069
DOI: 10.1177/160940691401300118
Popis: Qualitative researchers must be aware of and explicit about their social background as well as political and ideological assumptions. To facilitate this awareness, we believe that researchers need to begin with their own story as they seek to understand the stories of others. Taking into account the vulnerable act of storytelling, it is salient to consider how to share personal narratives in an authentic way within academic settings. In this article, we share our process and reflections of engaging in reflexive and dialogical storytelling. The focus of the article is the re-storying of one researcher's experience as she and her research team explore her emotions and positionality prior to conducting research on First Nations men's narratives of identity. We integrate a series of methodological lessons concerning reflexivity throughout the re-storying.
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